Improvement in cultivators



"Lena, in the countyof ABRAM M. MANNY, or LENA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Speoiication fomiugipart of Letters Patent No. 121.114, dated November21, 1871.

yTo all rwhom it may concern; l

Be it knowuthat I, ABRAM-M. MANNY, of Stephenson, in the State ofIllinois, have made certain Improvements in Cultivators, of which thelollowing is aspecilication:

This invention relates to improvements in that class of cultivatorsknown as walking eultivat ors, audit consists in the construction,arrangement, and combination of such devices as'arc used in allowing` avibratory motion laterally of the plows, keeping them at an equal depthat all parts of their `horizontal vibration, supporting them while soVibrating, and allowing a free ver tical-movement ofthe plows at thesame time.

In the drawing, Figure l is a sectional side View, and Fig. 2 is a topView of the cultivator.

A represents the wheel; B, the arched axle that supports the operatingparts. a c are braces that hold the tongue in proper rela-tin with theaxle B. C is thetongue hrmly attached to the Aarched axle atw. l) is.the swing-bar or vibrat.

ing lever pivoted to the upper side of the tongue' by pivot-bolt (I. Dis asegn'iental supportingbar, and is made fast to the tongue on 4its'upper side and flush. therewith, having upward projections fl/ at itsextreme ends to stop the \ihr: \tions` of the lever D and prevent itspassmel over the ends Oi' bar D.' At the rear end ot' the ifibratinlever is a. hook, d, the purpose ot which will hereafter be shown. E -Eare the Miur-beams, and E E arebentrods connecting` the plow-beams tothe tongue. F F are plow-standards and to which are attached the plows FF'. 'lhc plowstandardsF are connected to thc plow-beamsby means ot'platesand pivooblocks, and in such manner as to be adjusted todiii'ercnt angles both vertically and laterally, and can be removed withthe plows to t-h opposite bea-in and cause the plows to throw the earthin the oppositedircction. The rods.' E l are bent fovaril, upward, andtoward each other at their forward and top ends, forming akind of archincross-sectiouand ullowingnt their being passed over the cornor plantswithout intercrence. At their extreme upper and forward ends they arepivotcd horizoi'itally to the under or lower vend oi the bolt d, and bywhich the beams and thoiivplows arcallowcd a i'rce vertical and lateralmovement. G is an arched ad justiug-rod placed uponthetops of the'bcamsE, andby which the beams are adjusted and held at any desired distanceapart, and heldin. the desired position by means ol" holding screw-boltspassing through slots in their i'ect and into the is so hooked up thebeams and plows are clear ol.'

the ground and can be transported safely, as the auxiliary pieces ginterlock with the hook and prevent the rod Gr .li-oni being detachedfrom the hook g. b b are chains made .t'ast at their lower ends to beamsE, and are hooked into hook d at the rea-r end of the vibrating leverl), These chains can-'be so adjusted as to their length that the lplowsmay be gauged to any desired depth al which they may go into the ground,and at the same time form a flexible or yielding connection between thebeams and the ton gne, permitting the plows to vibrate laterally wi ththe vibrating and supporting-lever l) to any extent required incultivating the plants in rows. H H areinclined handles that areattached to the plo\\'he; uns, and by which the operator orattendantconducts and controls the direct-ion in which the plows shall. go, andcan instantly raise the plows "crlically to be outoi contact with theground. 'lhe attaching ot' the plow-handlcs at an angle with thedirection in which the cnltirator is boing drawn enables the operator towalk on one side ot the row that is being cultivated, and at the sametime will have i'ull and easy control of them and can direct the courseoi" the plows as well as though they projected parallel with the lineot' direction in which the cultivator is drawn.

This construction enables thcoperator to casi ly control both his teamand the implement in cultivating'corn in rows while -wa-lking, and theplows will be caused to follow the line of draft or vary therefrom atthe will of the operator, and can instantly be raised out of contactwith the ground to dodge any obstruction that may be in their way. Byatta-ching and pivoting the rods E' to the pivot-bolt d the vibratinglever l) will simultaneously swing laterally with the beams and allowthe saine to be raised vertically.

. llaving thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire tosecure by Lett-ers Patent, ls-

1. The combination of tliebeams E, having bent rods E pivoted on theunder side ofthe tongues ofso bolt d., vibrating lever D having hook d:it its rear end, segment-:1.1 supporting-bur 1), and

'chains b 4b, constructed :md arranged to operate in- `the purposedescribed.

3.' Theneombination ofthe inclined handles ll, beaune E, chains b, andvibrating lever 1),' lmving' hook u, constructed in the manner :1nd forthe purpose of raising and holding;` the beams ut any point vertically,as described.

ABRAllI M. MANNY.

Witnesses H1. J. STEARNS,

